Johnson Injured

Goalie Brent Johnson did not return for the start of the second period after appearing to tweak his leg while making a save in the final seconds of the first. I have not received an update on his condition, but I hope to get one after the game.

Johnson appeared to get hurt when he extended his left leg to stop (I believe it was Ryan Bayda) on the doorstep. He immediately came up lame but finished out the period.

The timing, obviously, couldn't be worse for Johnson or the Capitals considering the way things have been going lately.

Hey Juice's last penalty was worth it. The refs let Stahl ice and kick Theodore who was down for a while. Stahl is having a pity party for himself and took it out on Jose. The refs didn't make a call on Johnson getting whacked and then Jose, so I'm glad Juice knocked that punk into the glass and then onto the ice. The refs have to call that stuff or players will take matters into their own hands.

What's more upsetting than the fact that they let players murder goalies now is the fact that they just let it happen, and if a defenseman retaliates, he gets the penalty. Not only does the forward know he can get the goalie off edge, the forward knows if anyone does anything to him his team gets a power play.

It's that kind of crap that makes me miss the days of clutch grab, self policed hockey.

Johnson looks like he is still on the bench in his gear so if that is the case, it is precautionary. They wouldn't have him out there if he wasn't able to go back in. He would be in the back getting worked on or iced.

all 4 goals result from the first line. ovie 1goal 1assist backie 3assists green 1goal 1assist semin the star with 2goals and 2assists. ovies goal a slapper from semin, semins goal a swet slapshot on a sharp angle at the side of the net. semins other goal a hard slapper from a nice feed from ovie that slipped by canes goalie. greens goal a classic green PP goal. slapshot from point with laich screening the goalie.

theo has been great in goal. had a HUGe save on staal on the PK. Johnny was awesome too. our PK is looking sharp. Jurcina is very undisciplined this game. we look great!

Great game tonight. Contrary to what the announcers were saying BJ got hurt when he gave up the goal. He slid across and jammed his skate into the post and it caused his knee to jam. He was a little slow and cautious the rest of the period after that. At least thats my opinion.

That first line was dominant and other than taking too many penalties it was about as good an effort as there could have been.

Who cares what the Carolina announcers say about Green. Sometimes he's good, sometimes he's atrocious. The last time these two teams played the Canes announcers were calling Ovechkin's hits a tad on the dirty side. Should we believe them for that too? Hope we see Fehr in there. Kozloaf was invisible tonight.

And I agree: those comments about Semin's English were nitpicking. He's 24 and his focus is hockey - not trying to become bilingual. Gaining fluency in a second language can be very difficult for some and requires a full-time effort. Somehow I don't think those announcers appreciate that.

Kozlov was not invisible, he cycled the puck strongly, had 4 shots on net and made a couple very nice passes to set up his line mates for what should have been goals.

Jurcina doesn't deserve the hate. He's one of the few D-men we have that takes the body regularly, and unlike Sloan and Erskine, Juice can skate it or pass it out of the zone with success. Erskine's an icing machine and Sloan panics more often than not with the puck.

Semin's a beast! And he does speak a little english, I've seen him more than once chatting with his non-Russian teammates. Hate to see Johnny go down, but great to see Jose play strongly in relief.

Best game of the year. Nice to see Backstrum break out as he hasn't had a goal in 20 games going back to last season. When I picked Brent up for my fantasy team he only had a 5% ownership rate. Now it is up to 17%. I'll bet it will be much higher soon as more people see how well he's doing. Is that 5 games in a row with 2 or fewer goals? You'll win a lot of games at that rate. Are the Caps working on some kind of marketing gig involving the two Alex's?